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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
yenyDescription
No flowers just leaves (sorry)
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Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)Observer
yenyDescription
Found at a pond, hundreds nearby hiding in the grass, the frog is a light mossy color and has a brown mask, it has a couple dark brown spots and stripes on its back and has small toe pads.
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Western Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)Observer
yenyDescription
Found under a log, reddish telson, body is a shiny black/dark brown, pale legs
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Western Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)Observer
yenyDescription
Found in a small redwood forest, legs are pale, pincers and telson are a dark red color, its 5 cm about 2 inches
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Gray Buckeye (Junonia grisea)Observer
yenyDescription
It's dark brown, from what is visible the picture shows its large black eye-spot outlined in a cream color on its forewing and a very small eye-spot closer to the top of that wing, and on its hindwing you can see an orange submarginal band and an eye-spot that is a size in-between the ones described
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California Ringlet (Coenonympha california ssp. california)Observer
yenyDescription
Its a light orange cream color, the hind wing is a bit grayer, wavy white median line on wings, has a small eye spot on the top of its forewing, found on side of grassy trail
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
yenyDescription
From what I saw of its stomach it looked like a yellowish pale color, it was seen near several rocks that were directly under the sun, its back is a rusty brown and gray color with some light yellow spots in a line along its sides (somewhat visible in the picture)
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California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)Observer
yenyDescription
5 1/2 inches, dark blue blackish closer to the top. This photo is the only clear one I have no sign of the bird either just the feather sorry.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
yenyDescription
The white, splotchy lichen is what I am looking at. It seems to be growing tightly pressed to the bark, the white splotches have some black spots
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Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)Observer
yenyDescription
About 2 inches, black body that continues on to its tail and buttery yellow stripes, concentrated light blue tail, tip of the tail might have been severed
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Oregon Oak (Quercus garryana)Observer
yenyDescription
Leaves have round edges, acorn has a shallow cap, light grayish bark
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
yenyDescription
Brown and yellow body which is about 1 1/2 in, primarily brown legs with 2 or 3 black stripes on each leg
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)Observer
yenyDescription
Dark blue body, about 3 to 4 inches, wings had white and black alternating spots aligned along the wings
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European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)Observer
yenyDescription
Pale buttery white color, black-ringed white spot inside of foreleg
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Pacific Newts (Genus Taricha)Observer
yenyDescription
Found in pond, newt larvae, dark green body with brown speckles, 3 feathery gills on each side of head
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Leopard Lily (Lilium pardalinum)Observer
yenyDescription
Growing along a small stream, 6 curved petals, purple spots on lower half of petals, petals are a dark orange color with lighter orange center